Konect Balerno July 2019

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The monthly community magazine for Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green, Baberton & Ratho

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hether you’re going away, or staying locally over the holidays, I hope all our readers manage to get a break and a refresh over the next few weeks.

Currie Show is a very long-running local institution. It takes place in August each year, and if you’ve not been before or are not sure what it is about, they have contributed a feature this month on the background to the show and what you might expect to see there. Everyone is warmly invited!

A new column for Konect this month, called “Local Lab”, is contributed by Heriot-Watt University and is about the scientific research being conducted on our door-step. This will be a regular column covering a range of scientific fields which they plan to share with a view to engaging people with research in various ways.

Balerno’s barber, board games in Juniper Green and being polite all feature within columns this month! Thank you for reading Konect.

P8 What’s On: Currie Show....................................8 Feature: Forty Two, Balerno’s Barber......... 17 Health: Anyone for tennis?............................. 21 Local People...................................................... 25 Notes from a Small Village............................. 33 Technology: Auto ‘bedtime’........................... 34 Local Lab............................................................ 38 Recipe................................................................. 42 What’s On........................................................... 44 Puzzles................................................................ 46 Bridge Column.................................................. 46 Clubs & Classes............................................... 47

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CURRIE SHOW: THE EARLY DAYS

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Currie Show would like to welcome everyone on Saturday 31st August to Balerno High School, for its 141st show! Green fingers not a necessity.

If you are new to the district and have never heard of Currie Show, you are warmly invited to come and find out. There is something for everyone, young or old, and the Show has been a fixture in the area since at least 1849.

Although not formally constituted until 1878, the first Show was held in early August 1849.

A local gentleman researching Malleny House in the Scotsman archives discovered a large number of Currie Show Reports starting from that date. There were enough to indicate that Currie Show became a regular event from 1849 onwards. One of the leading figures 170 years ago was a Dr Barclay who became the first president of the Society, and Sir James Gibson Craig was the Patron.

That first Show, as reported in the Scotsman, was held in the Parochial School. Two spacious classrooms had been fitted up to take the exhibits; one room had specimens of every variety of vegetables currently in season, and the other room was for luxuriant plants and flowers of the rarest species and the richest hues, interspersed with baskets of fresh and luscious fruits, from the cottage garden strawberry to the most delicate product of the hothouse.

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ABOVE: In 1848 the railway came through Currie when the line from Carstairs Junction to Edinburgh was opened. The Society was quick to realise the importance of the railway and had advertisements in the Scotsman exhorting the good citizens of Edinburgh to take the train from Caledonian Railway Station and visit Currie Show not only to see the exhibits but also be entertained by a “Superior Band of Music from Edinburgh�

Up to 1929 the early Shows had two classes of exhibitor: the Cottagers and

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the Amateurs. Cottagers were the mill and farm workers and other working people whose annual rental (according to the Show Schedule of 1926) should not exceed £20 pa.

The Amateurs were the local gentry and it is very likely that their entries would have produced largely by the efforts of their gardeners.

The Show moved from strength to strength from its early years to the Edwardian times, sometimes held outdoors on the Minister’s glebe. The outdoors venue meant that in 1910 show was cancelled when the weather was a washout and the committee couldn’t hire a marquee at short notice, although thanks to the enthusiasm of one member the event was reinstated the next year. In 1914, when the war that people thought would only last until Christmas was just a dream, a local show was the last thing on anyone’s mind. However, an account book for 1915 indicates that the Show may have gone ahead.

When the world was getting back to “normality” Currie Show started up again, this time as Currie Parish & Juniper Green Horticultural Society (Juniper Green went their own way in 1932 until 1962).

From 1921 it was held in the Gibson Craig Hall and even then many of the vegetable exhibits were staged outdoors. The exhibits in the 1920’s make interesting reading - 1lb Powdered Butter, 1 dozen hens eggs, 6 boiled potatoes.

In the section for girls under 14, “Hand Sewn Garments,” and the boys had a class for a “Collection of Queen Wasps.”

During the 1920’s and 30’s the Show was treated as a Gala Day and in some years it was followed by dance. The years up to 1939 were very well supported, both by exhibitors and visitors. A report published in the Midlothian Advertiser stated that close to one hundred had taken part and most of them with multiple entries.

repeat of the washout in earlier years. However the Chairman, David Puerether (Headmaster at Curriehill Secondary) said that he would allow the school to be used for that year so, with rush to pull everything together by a lot of dedicated people, the show went ahead.

That “temporary move” lasted until 2005 when the school was demolished and scheduled for housing. The Concourse at Balerno High School was selected as the new venue thanks to its ease of disabled access and the ease of filling vases with water.

Currie Show boundaries encompass a large area - the Gogar Burn to the North, the Dalmahoy entrance to the West, East to include Baberton Mains, and South to meet with Penicuick. These boundaries were designnated in the original Constitution, and for the Show purposes still are relevant.

Children are always very much encouraged to participate and there are classes from P1 upwards. The Society provide plants to the Primary 6s, who by Show Day are P7s. This year, the plants are yellow peppers and it is hoped the children will be out in force with their specimens. Another popular item in the Children’s classes is the vegetable sculpture competition - the imagination of the kids is unbelievable.

Show schedules are available from outlets in Balerno, Currie and Juniper Green or online at www.currieshow.org.

We hope to see you there!

Vegetable sculptures

Then came World War II, which again closed the Show down for the duration, but some of the older generation may have given ad hoc displays within their own gardens.

The Show was revived in 1947 and continuned in the Gibson Craig Hall until 1961 when, almost a couple of weeks before Show Day it was announced the “Gibby” was to under some renovation, and it looked that is was going to a @KonectMagazines

This article was contributed by Bob Simpson, Life Member of the Currie Horticultural and Industrial Society.

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ladies styling. She had been working in the salon at 42 Main Street, when it became available for let. “Before I knew it, here I was with the lease for the premises in my hand and my dream business to get stuck into!”

“I named in Forty Two as it is very neutral.

I didn’t want ‘salon’ in the business name, because I wanted it to be a good name for barbering services too, although of course I do ladies’ style and colour too,” she explains. Karina has a very straightforward and easy-going, can-do approach: a dash of that Aussie culture in her upbringing! “I love the banter with the guys who come in for a cut,” she says. “I think they like a bit of banter and a bit of a laugh too, they just want a good hair cut, quick, with no nonsense, and that’s what they get here!”

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HEALTH

Vision: How do we see?

Light hits the cornea on the front of the eye and bends. It passes through the fluid of the anterior chamber, through the pupil to the natural crystalline lens. The lens focuses the light on the retina at the back of the eye.

The photoreceptor cells stimulated include around 140 million ‘rods’ and 7 million ‘cones’. Light along the visual axis hits the cones at the foveola (0.35mm in diameter) in the centre of the macula. The three types of cones sensitive to different colours, use a photochemical to turn the light into an electrical impulse.

This passes up through the retina to retinal ganglion cells, then along one of approximately 1-1.5 million neurons. These converge to form the optic nerve, around 1-1.5mm in diameter.

On leaving the eye, an acquired myelin sheath

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greatly speeds up the impulse. Around 5cm later the optic nerve and contralateral optic nerve reach the optic chiasm. Here, after half the nerves cross over from each side, the signal continues along the optic tract, layering in the lateral geniculate nucleus.

They finally travel via the optic radiations to the visual cortex, in the occipital lobe of the brain.

Here the collected information from the eye is processed and the brain provides an image and you ‘see’. Of the 3 billion firings of electrical activity in the brain per second, our vision accounts for an estimated 2 billion (Sells, S.B. & Fixott, R. S. (1957)). This is the complexity of vision.

This article was contributed by Jonathan Jennett of Clearvue Opticians, 60 Bryce Road, Currie, EH14 5LD.

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HEALTH

Anyone for Tennis?

June, in Edinburgh, seemed to be a washout this year. There were tales from tennis clubs across the city about the number of matches postponed or cancelled in June due to the weather.

Let’s hope July will be a better month for tennis, and not just because we have Wimbeldon to watch. As Physiotherapists, we get asked lots of questions about sports injuries and recently were asked about injuries suffered by professional tennis players at Wimbeldon compared to recreational players and keen amateurs.

The Championships, Wimbeldon, is the oldest of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, starting in 1877. This year matches will be played from 1st – 14th July. There will be the usual mixture of matches – men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and the mixed doubles. The medical team at Wimbeldon includes a GP, who will manage the majority of the non-traumatic conditions players may present with such as colds and ‘flu or Stomach bugs. The Sports Physicians and Physios will deal with any musculoskeletal problems that the players may have.

The British Journal of Sports Medicine published research by I McCurdie in 2016 reviewing 10 years of injury statistics from 2003 – 2012. During this period there were 12,212 sets of tennis played at Wimbeldon, resulting in 700 injuries. This gives an injury rate in Professional tennis played on grass of 20.7 injuries per 1000 sets of tennis played. These injuries can be further categorised at 48% due to trauma, such as a fall on court, and 52% as overuse – the repetitive microtrauma to soft tissues due to the demands of the game.

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common in both male and female tennis players at Wimbeldon. Male players had more groin, hip, ankle and heel injuries with wrist and foot problems more common in female players.

However, it is fair to say that most tennis players are not at a professional level. There are 71 tennis clubs in Scotland, with 15 of them in the Edinburgh and Midlothian area. We do not know the injury statistics in relation to Scottish tennis but in looking at studies done in America and the Netherlands, the injury rate for student or recreational tennis has been quoted as 1.1 or 1.2 acute injuries per 1000 hours of tennis.

This means that tennis is a safe and low-risk sport. Nevertheless, it is associated with its own unique set of acute and chronic injuries.

Recreational tennis injury patterns do mirror professional injury patterns, in that acute injuries tend to occur in the lower limbs, such as knee or ankle sprains, a pulled calf muscle or a groin strain. Overuse injuries tend to present as back pain, shoulder or elbow tendon problems or a wrist sprain. Continued research into injury statistics will lead to a better understanding of the types of injuries sustained by players of differing age groups and abilities. This will help in the development of prevention strategies for all levels of play. We all want to enjoy our tennis injury free– when the weather lets us play!

The health column is contributed by McNaughton Physiogrange, Edinburgh www.physiogrange.co.uk

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Eric Ducreux with part of his board game collection

ERIC DUCREUX: I’m game, if you are!

Originally from France, Baberton resident Eric Ducreux first came to the UK through a university exchange programme in 1997.

He stayed in order to finish his degree and then got a job as a software consultant.

In 2018 he started Juniper Green Board Gamers. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children aged 14 and 11 (twins).

“People don’t appreciate how much board games have evolved,” says Eric Ducreux. “It’s estimated that by 2023 it will be a £12 billion industry. Some 5,000 to 6,000 games are released every year.”

Eric, who runs a family-friendly board games club, says it has been a great success. “We meet every other Friday night from 6.00 to 9.00 pm at Juniper Green Parish Church,” he says.

“We normally get about 18 to 20 people coming along, and half are under the age of 16.”

The atmosphere is pleasant, relaxing and fun. The club is open to those on Edinburgh’s west side, and most people who try it go back.

“Board games have totally changed since the 1990s,” says Eric. “We reflect this in the club with role-playing and educational games and those with a story line, but we also play classic games. All ages are welcome, although we don’t recommend the club for children younger than eight – partly because we go on until 9.00 pm.

We encourage families to do this together. It’s not a place for parents to drop off their kids and then leave.”

Eric loved playing board games when he was a child. “I’m dyslexic,” he says, “so reading was a challenge. And then I was introduced to game books, which have short paragraphs.

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me into the Hero Quest game, and I went on to role-playing games.”

Asked about the benefits of playing board games, Eric explained that people who regularly play games tend to have a positive attitude.

Studies have shown that keeping the mind active can delay or prevent dementia. Playing games can help children develop skills in maths, linguistics and critical thinking. They can grow in confidence and self-esteem, and learn how to be gracious losers as well as winners.

Because he is convinced of the benefits to kids, Eric would love to see schools making use of innovative and educational games, and believes community funding could make this possible.

Fellow club member Jennifer Nicol helps Eric promote the board games habit. They will be presenting a seminar on playing board games with children at the Tabletop Scotland event in Perth 24th - 25th August.

So if you fancy trying out a new game or two – anything from playing within a human cell to building up an Inuit village – why not pay the club a visit? Take the challenge. Tear yourself away from the screen!

For more information about JGBG, go to www.boardjg.co.uk, visit their Facebook page, or email: eric@boardjg.co.uk The Local People column is contributed

by Suzanne Green. Suzanne, a freelance writer/editor, lives in Balerno and writes regularly for Konect. She is married to Andy and they have two adult daughters.

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I’ve lived in Balerno since 1991. It’s home. But Illinois, the American state where I grew up, is also home. I think of myself as a transplant – uprooted from the rich, dark farmland in the Midwest, and replanted in harder, rockier UK soil. Though I feel quite at home here, growing up in a place with different customs means that I don’t always see things in the same way as my neighbour.

On being polite

I’d been told that British people considered Americans to be “loud, rude and obnoxious”.

And, though I didn’t think any of these adjectives applied to me (generally speaking), when I crossed the pond I endeavoured to take great care not to reinforce this particular stereotype.

So I made sure to say “sorry” when I didn’t hear someone properly, or when I tried to go through a door when someone was exiting, or when I wanted to “just squeeze past” a person. I even learned to say sorry that I preferred black coffee (as if not putting milk in it would trouble them!) I said “sorry” when I disagreed with someone and wished to express my own opinion: “Sorry, but…”.

Before long I said “sorry” constantly and I began to wonder what British people said when they’d done something wrong and wanted to apologise. Surely not “sorry”?

(Sorry, I did go on a bit there!)

I tried to avoid complaining when customer service was poor, but wasn’t always successful.

Once I was out to lunch with some friends and three of them ordered an “Apple Walnut Salad”.

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waiter inquired whether everything was OK, they all said “Yes, thanks.”

All that complaining a few minutes earlier and then they said everything was fine? I couldn’t stand it. I called the waiter back over to the table. “Excuse me,” I said, “but these ladies ordered the Apple Walnut Salad, and there are no walnuts in it.”

Looking embarrassed, he replied, “Umm, yes.

We didn’t get a delivery.” Honestly! Was this a scene from Fawlty Towers?! “OK,” I said. “I expect you will be reducing the price of their salads.” He agreed, and the women all looked delighted with me. These days I think many people in the UK are better at standing up for themselves.

The most extreme example of politeness I’ve seen so far has to be the note in the shop window that says, “No cash held in these premises overnight”. (In fact, I think one can be found on Balerno’s Main Street.) What a considerate way to treat a burglar and to properly inform them! But wouldn’t it be even more helpful to add: “However, if you go a couple of doors down to the bakery …”

To be continued next issue …

Notes from a small village is contributed by Suzanne Green. Suzanne, a freelance writer/ editor, lives in Balerno and writes regularly for Konect. She is married to Andy and they have two adult daughters.

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Apple’s version is called Screen Time, and it’s already installed in any device running iOS 12 – you’ll find it in Settings. Google’s Family Link is a free download from the Google Play Store. Both systems enable you to: limit screen time for your kids; set

an automatic ‘bedtime’ when everything shuts down; and block specific apps. On Apple devices you can limit specific kinds of apps too, so you might set one limit for games and a longer limit for creative apps such as art and design apps.

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LOCAL LAB

Can taking up new activities improve the health and wellbeing of older people?

Alan Gow

How do our thinking skills change as we age? Do our lifestyles affect those changes?

These are the key questions directing research being undertaken by Dr Alan Gow and his team in The Ageing Lab at Heriot-Watt University.

What goes on inside the Ageing Lab? The Ageing Lab explores how being active and engaged in later life might help to reduce or delay age-related mental decline. Our current project is ‘The Intervention Factory’ which considers community-based activities as potential interventions for cognitive ageing. We are gathering clearer evidence on which real life activities might deliver brain health benefits.

How do you gather the evidence?

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Can anyone over the age of 65 take part in your study?

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Have you seen any results yet?

‘The Intervention Factory’ study is due to finish this summer, however, one of our previous studies ‘The Tablet for Healthy Ageing’ produced some interesting results. The project explored how learning to use a tablet computer might benefit the thinking skills of people aged 65 and over and the results showed those individuals in the tablet training group improved the speed of their thinking skills.

In what way do you expect the results of your studies to improve lives?

We’re aiming to understand how different combinations of social, mental and physical engagement might be beneficial, and to clearly identify the lifestyle and behavioural factors that contribute to the health of our thinking skills as we age. Ultimately our goal is to use that knowledge in order to develop new interventions.

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Contact details are on page 3.

Claylands Cottage Cattery ...for contented cats

Established in May 2006, we provide first-class holiday accommodation for up to 35 feline guests.

Single and double cabins, as well as large cabins for families, each comprises an upper sleeping area (heated in winter) with an exercise run below.

A collection and drop-off service is available Fully licensed and insured

Proprietors: Pam and Bill Clark Phone: 0131 333 1636 Email: mail@claylandscottagecattery.co.uk Off Claylands Road, Newbridge, EH28 8LZ Conveniently situated near the airport.

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SATURDAY 13TH JULY Balerno Farmers Market - Main Street, Balerno, 9.00am - 1.00pm FRIDAY 19TH JULY Hillend Wildflower Meadow Survey - The Pentland Hills Regional Park service has managed the meadow at Hillend Country Park for eleven years. Come and see how many wildflower species we can find this year. Bring sturdy footwear and waterproofs/sun protection. Booking essential for this free event as places are limited. 1.30pm – 3.30pm.

Hillend Country Park upper car park. To book please call 0131 5292401 or email pentlandhills@edinburgh.gov.uk SATURDAY 20TH JULY Redhall Annual Razzmatazz Open Day - 12.00-5.00pm.

Live Music, Quiz Trails, Traditional Games (Arborantics), Pond Dipping, Face Painting, Plant Sales, Free Hand/Arm massages

by Jo Malone, Historic Garden, Food, Cream Teas. Redhall Walled Garden, 97 Lanark Road, Edinburgh EH14 2LZ, 0131 443 0946. The garden is open to the public Monday- Friday 9am – 4pm. Scottish Association for Mental Health.

SATURDAY 27TH JULY Woodland Games Day - Explore Bonaly woods and get creative with a variety of fun woodland activities. We’ll find out about the wildlife that lives in our local woods. Get crafty with woodland materials! Bring sturdy footwear and waterproofs.

Suitable for 5-8 year olds. Cost: £3 per child. Location: Bonaly Country Park - upper car park, EH13 0PB. Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm. To book please call 0131 5292401 or email pentlandhills@edinburgh.gov.uk

BALERNO VILLAGE SCREEN** **Balerno Village Screen takes a break over the Summer. The next screenings are in September.

THE MILL GALLERY

Drop in and view an exhibition of paintings by members of Pentland Art Club in St Joseph’s Centre in Balerno. Paintings are changed over every 2 months. Opening hours are Tue – Fri 9.30am to 2.00pm

RBS MOBILE BANK: EVERY TUESDAY

The RBS mobile van stops at: • Balerno Scotmid 10:15 - 11:00 • Currie Library 11:15 - 11:45 • Juniper Green Iceland 13:00 - 14:00

This service is for RBS customers to make cash deposits, withdrawals, bill payments and administer their accounts. It is not a full substitute for a branch but is still useful. For the best chance of it continuing please use it as often as possible. Recent improvements include better access for disabled customers and a new approach for those in wheelchairs. If you are yet to use the service, try it out next time it is in your village.

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CHILDREN’S SUMMER HOLIDAY EVENTS AT WATER OF LEITH CONSERVATION TRUST

Booking essential for all activities, please call the Trust on 0131 455 7367 or email admin@waterofleith.org.uk. £5 per child, 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Suitable for 4 to 12 year olds, Accompanying adult free.

• Tue 9th July: BUGS - Track down the mini creatures and create your own ‘extreme’ bug • Thu 18th July: STICK - 101 things to do with a stick, they are awesome • Tue 23th July: FAIRIES - Join the ‘wee folk’ in the Dells as we discover the history of fairies & do some magical crafts – wings optional • Thu 1st August: SURVIVE - Build a shelter, forage for food and learn to create fire.

• Tue 6th August: WILD ART - Get creative with natural material & take inspiration from wild • Every week: RIVER DIPPING - Put on your wellies and join us IN the river for this fun event. Thursdays 4th, 11th, 25th, and 8th August, and Tuesdays 16th and 30th July.

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July

Whether you’re looking for a fun day out with the family, or an evening of music, there’s something for everyone right on our doorsteps.

In Linlithgow, be prepared to dance as Scotch Hop has returned for the summer months. Prepare to meet people from all across the world on Wednesday evenings from 19.30 in the stunning backdrop of the Linlithgow Palace Courtyard (or Low Port Centre in the event of rainy weather); it’s definitely a fun one to try – no experience necessary!

Looking ahead, Party at the Palace returns on the weekend of Saturday 10th / Sunday 11th August. The award winning two day party is one of the most easily accessible music festivals in Scotland, featuring acts such as The Charlatans, KT Tunstall, Midgeure and

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many, many more. Tickets are still available so don’t miss out.

Why not make the most of the weather with a BBQ at one of West Lothians Country Parks?

Beecraigs, Polkemmet and Almondell & Calderwood each offer BBQ pit hire. You bring the food, and the stunning views are provided!

If you’re at Polkemmet, don’t miss out on the Scottish Owl Centre – one of the largest collections of owls in Europe. Open daily, with fun flying displays and opportunities to meet the birds up close throughout the day.

There’s always plenty more going on across West Lothian, so why not check out our collection of fun day out ideas on our website – the perfect inspiration for whatever the Scottish weather throws at us! www.visitwestlothian.co.uk Follow us on social media to stay up to date with the latest attraction information: www.facebook.com/VisitWestLothian www.twitter.com/SeeWestLothian www.instagram.com/VisitWestLothian

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PUZZLES

BRIDGE COLUMN

When conventions go wrong… disaster!

CROSSWORD

A couple of months ago I read a short article about the Jacoby convention that had been circulated privately among some local players.

I read it with great interest but decided it was too tricky to incorporate into my severely limited repertoire and decided not to suggest it to any of my partners. I knew myself well enough to realise I’d probably get it wrong and then forgot about it. My misgivings were well founded as I painfully discovered a couple of weeks later.

Solution in the August edition of Konect ACROSS: 1. Unable to hear (4), 3. Previously (8), 9. A lawn game (7), 10. Tease (5), 11. Produced (12), 14. Period of time (3), 16. Stop (5), 17. Feminine pronoun (3), 18. In spite of (12), 21. Shoreline (5), 22. Placing (7), 23. Daily (8), 24. Requests (4) DOWN: 1. Twelfth month (8), 2. Embellish (5), 4. Not in (3), 5. Dimensions (12), 6. Entrants in a race (7), 7. A toy (2-2), 8. Adequately (12), 12. Map or diagram (5), 13. Communications (8), 15 Mean (7), 19. Departs (5), 20. Land measurement (4), 22. Small vegetable (3)

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My partner at one club opened 1 heart followed by pass from my RHO. I looked at my hand and decided game was a possibility and with eleven points and every suit covered, except hearts, I bid 2NT. I was somewhat disconcerted when my partner flashed the ‘Alert’ card and answered the resulting bidding query with: ‘Jacoby’. I should have intervened at this point and told the opposition they had been misinformed, but I was too stunned. I struggled to remember what Jacoby was all about but to no avail. It turns out my 2NT was interpreted as four card support for partner’s hearts. You can imagine his disappointment when he bid 4 hearts and received only two small ones when I laid down my hand. A trump contract when your opponents have more trumps than you is, of course, bad news. My partner, who’d been recently using Jacoby in other partnerships forgot that it didn’t apply in our arrangements. I suppose the moral of the story is: if you’re going to use a convention, remember to tell partner.

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CLUBS & CLASSES

SPORTS, HOBBIES, LEARNING, SUPPORT GROUPS & MORE...

BALERNO NEW HARTBEEPS Currie Community Centre on a Monday, Balerno Bowling Club on a Tuesday.

10am for confident walkers to preschool; 11am for sitting to walking babies; 12.15pm for newborn to sitting babies. For info please contact jo.douglas@hartbeeps.com, Joanne Douglas - 07736 457265.

HULLABALOO Music classes. At Hullabaloo the focus is on having lots of fun with colourful props, toys and musical instruments. Through favourite songs, rhymes and games children will develop early musical skills including a sense of beat, rhythm and pitch.

SUMMER CLASSES Drop-in Friday mornings 12th July to 9th August in Balerno Scout Hall. 0-5yrs 9.30am.

P1, 2 & 3 10.45am. Contact Kerry at Music-Lessons@live.com or 07772 758134.

YOUNG@HEART For older people in Balerno, Currie and Juniper Green.

We meet at 10am on a Tuesday at the Ogston Hall, St Joseph’s centre, Main St, Balerno for some gentle exercises then tea and coffee break.

We then have various activities.

Cost £2 per week for the tea and coffee break and £15 a year for membership, paid in 2 instalments.

For more information please contact Mary Laing on 0131 449 3523 or email me on yackadoo@hotmail. co.uk for more information.

BALERNO PARISH CHURCH Come and be part of the heart of the community which meets every Sunday at 10 am in the Main street www.balernochurch.org.uk HAILES SWIMMING CLUB Galas, coaching and development lessons for 7-15 year olds at Balerno, Currie, and Forrester pools. For further details contact membership@ hailesswimclub.co.uk ST MUNGO’S BALERNO Come be part of our vibrant church community which meets every Sunday, 10.30am @ Balerno High School www.stmungos.org PIYO LIVE! Pilates + Yoga+ Nonstop movement. Stretch, Strengthen & Sweat, all in one workout! Tues 9am in Balerno Scout Hall and Thurs 8pm in Balerno Community Centre.

Other classes available in Currie.

Contact Heidi on 07982 205111 or at heidi.instructor@gmail.com

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WILDFIRE EXPLORER SCOUTS Meet in Balerno High School.

Fridays 7.15 - 9.15pm. 14 – 18yrs.

Contact: Gordon Simpson 0131 477 3116. Email leaders@wildfireexplorers.org.uk BALERNO MONDAY CLUB Non-denominational club for over 55s. Our meetings are held in St Joseph’s Centre at Balerno Parish Church at 2pm on the first and third Mondays of the month from September to May. Different speakers, activities and outings each session, please contact the Club for syllabus details.

51ST PENTLAND SCOUTS (BALERNO) Beavers, Cubs, Scouts Various evenings, Balerno Scout Hall. Contact John Henderson on 07941 637262 CURRIE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Malleny Park - Minis (P1-7) Sundays 10.30am - 12pm. Contact 0131 449 2432 www.currierugby.org PENTLAND CALEDONIA PIPES AND DRUMS Balerno Community Centre - Every Friday 7pm-9.30pm.

New members welcome. Free tuition on pipes or drums Phone 0131 4495133.

BALERNO COMMUNITY CENTRE VILLAGE NURSERY Open Mon to Fri 7.30am to 6pm - 50 weeks of the year. Offering family centred childcare from 6 weeks to 5 years.

We provide AM, PM and All Day Care, also Wraparound Care for Dean Park Nursery and Dean Park Primary School to include children to the end of P3. Please email thevillageplaygroup@outlook.com or tel 0131 451 5756 BALERNO FOOTSTEPS 4 FITNESS Mondays 10am at Balerno High School Riverside Café. Alternative Thursdays 10am at Balerno High School Riverside Café - Alternative Fridays 10am at Balerno Parish Church Hall - Contact 0131 449 2101.

PENTLAND ART CLUB Meet at Balerno High School Art Room - Every Thursday 7.30-9.30pm Demonstrations, speakers, work evenings; All mediums; New members welcome. Please contact E Thomson on 0131 333 4662.

PENTLAND FLOWER CLUB Drama Studio, Balerno High School.

First Friday of the month at 7pm (excluding January, February, July and August); Visitors and new members are always welcome.

Contact Lis Daly on 0131 442 2146.

CHILDREN’S SWIM SCHEME Balerno High School. Tues, Wed and Fri pm; Sat and Sun am. Contact Balerno Community Education Office 0131 477 7733 for more info.

COMPASS PLAYGROUP Dean Park Primary Pre-School Centre.

2-5 years, wide variety of activities.

Mon to Fri (school term time only) 8:55-11.40am. Early Drop Off, Lunch Club and Transfer Service to Dean Park Nursery. Afternoon sessions available for Pre-school children.

Call 0131 449 4530 (during opening hours) for more information, or email info@compassplaygroup.com BALERNO BABY AND TODDLER GROUP Balerno Parish Church Hall. 3 Johnsburn Road, Balerno, EH14 7DN. For children 0-5 years and their carers. Term-time Thursdays 9.30 - 11.30am.

BALERNO PARISH CHURCH GUILD Balerno Parish Church New Hall. First and third Wednesdays (commencing October) at 7.30pm.

Varied syllabus with many interesting speakers; Tea/coffee is served at the end of the meeting. New members and visitors warmly welcomed BALERNO FOLK CLUB Held on the last Tuesday of each month in Balerno Bowling Club . Doors open 8pm; Evening begins 8.20pm; Guest artist on stage at 8.30pm; Members and guests welcome. For further info contact Morag Dunbar on 0131 449 5014 or John Stirling on 0131 449 3456.

BALERNO SWI Balerno Community Centre 7.30pm. First Tuesday of every month (except July & August).

We usually have a speaker but we also have “in house” evenings; There is usually some business to be discussed and we enjoy a “cuppa” whilst chatting; New members or visitors welcome, just come along MINIS @ST MUNGO’S Group for babies and toddlers with their carers on term time. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10 - 11.30am in St Mungo’s church building, Ladycroft, Balerno; All welcome. For more information see www.stmungos.org IN THE DITCH QUILTERS Balerno Community Centre. Monthly workshops covering different quilting topics, third Wednesday of the month from 7:15pm. Annual membership £24.00. Contact Maureen Murray on 0131 336 0053 for further details.

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GIRLGUIDING Rainbows on Monday evenings. Full information and meeting times can be obtained from Edinburgh Head Quarters on 0131 225 4154.

PALM CAFÉ St Jospeh’s Centre, last Tues of the month 2.30pm4pm. A social group cafe for people with dementia and their carers, for informal support and information.

Serving the communities of Balerno, Juniper Green and Currie. For more information contact Kay Latimer 0131 449 6186 or email kaylatimer@btopenworld.com BALERNO PARISH CHURCH Come and join us for regular all age worship on Sunday mornings at 10am followed by refreshments in St Joseph’s. Check www. balernochurch.org.uk for all other events and worship information.

THE MILL CAFÉ A community café run mainly by volunteers in the St Joseph’s Centre at the heart of Balerno. Open Tuesday-Friday 9.30am-2.00pm serving teas, coffees, homebaking and snack lunches. (Times may vary during school holidays)

CURRIE NEW HARTBEEPS Currie Community Centre on a Monday, Balerno Bowling Club on a Tuesday.

10am for confident walkers to preschool; 11am for sitting to walking babies; 12.15pm for newborn to sitting babies. For info please contact jo.douglas@hartbeeps.com, Joanne Douglas - 07736 457265.

PIYO LIVE! Pilates + Yoga + Nonstop movement. Stretch, Strengthen & Sweat, All in one workout!! Fri 9:15am Currie Community Centre (Sports Hall). Contact Heidi on 07982205111 or at heidi.instructor@ gmail.com DEPEVAK EXPLORER SCOUT UNIT 45 Lanark Road West, Currie, Wednesday 7.15 – 9.15pm IRISH DANCING Currie High School, Fridays 5.30pm. Come and try a free class at our beginners group. For boys and girls from age 3. Contact Audrey 07952 159227 Fallon Academy of Irish Dance for more info.

SLIMMING WORLD - LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT FEELING HUNGRY Come and join us every Wednesday at 7:30pm in Currie Community Centre on Lanark Road West, and every Saturday at 7:30am & 9:30am in Currie Scout Hall, Forthview Crescent. Contact Kim 07921 380711 for more information.

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HAILES SWIMMING CLUB Galas, coaching and development lessons for 7-15 year olds at Balerno, Currie, and Forrester pools. For further details contact membership@ hailesswimclub.co.uk CURRIE COMMUNITY CENTRE Various activities and facilities: Nursery, Football, After-school care, ballet, dog training youth club, craft, Taekwondo, parties, Saturday morning cafe, rooms for hire. See facebook page. Currie Community Centre.

ARTS & CRAFTS GROUP Art Room 1, Currie Community High School - Thursdays 7.15 - 9pm - from 18th September to 27th November (except 16th October).

We are a small, friendly group (of all ages) and new members will be made very welcome. £35 for the 10-week term or £5 per session, if paid on the night. Fee covers all materials, equipment and refreshments. For more information please email: phoenixarts@hotmail. com or tel: 07934 495488.

BRIDGE CLUB The club is played at the Gibson Craig back Hall on a Monday, 1.30pm. For more information contact the Chairman on 0131 449 3527.

COFFEE AND CRAFT Currie community Centre Mon 7-9pm.

Bring your own craft and share your knowledge and experience with other crafters and perhaps learn something new. All welcome. £1 per person per night.

AIR CADETS 2463 (CURRIE & BALERNO) SQUADRON Forthview Crescent. Mon and Thu 7-9.30pm.

0131 449 7449 for more info.

CURRIE PLAYGROUPCurrie Baptist Church Hall. Preschool play from age 2 years - Mon-Fri, 8.45 11.45am (term time) £6.50 per child per morning - Wraparound and Lunch Club for children attending Currie Nursery. Wrap around £5.00; Lunch club £2.00. See www.currieplaygroup.co.uk 42ND PENTLAND SCOUT GROUP (CURRIE) Forth View Crescent, Currie.

Cubs Monday 6.15 – 7.45pm.

Call Fee 07771 370748.

Scouts Monday 7.45 – 9.15pm.

Call Ross 07729714445.

Beavers Friday 6.30 – 7.30pm.

Call Sharon 07810 201680. www.42ndpentland.scoutsites.org.uk THE OCTAGON CLUB For Adults with Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Meets in Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie, 7 9pm on Wednesday Evenings from mid September until June for table tennis, snooker, badminton, table games, “tuck shop” etc. Contact Terry Maloney 0751 466 4292

CURRIE & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Meetings Mondays at 7.30 in the Gibson-Craig Hall in Currie - Visitors welcome; For further information contact Douglas Lowe on 0131 449 4349 or douglaslowe51@btinternet.com BOYS BRIGADE - 65TH EDINBURGH (CURRIE) COMPANY Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West Currie Anchors (Boys P2 & P3) - Thursday 6 - 7pm Juniors (Boys P4, P5 & P6) Thursday 7 - 8.30pm Company/Seniors (Boys P7 - S6) Sundays 6.30 – 8.30pm For more info email 65edinburghbb@gmail.com or see website 65edinburgh.boys-brigade. org.uk CURRIE BABY AND TODDLER GROUP Gibson Craig Hall - Friday 9.30 - 11.30am (term time only).

Adults £2.00; Kids go free. Parents/ Grandparents/Carers/Childminders are all very welcome; Snack provided for the kids and tea and coffee for the adults. Loads of space to play BALERNO AND DISTRICT RAMBLERS Midweek Group meets on a Wednesday at Currie Library Car Park, Lanark Rd West - 9.15am for 9.30am start. Contact M Timmins 0131 449 4525 or A Blyth 0131 629 3644. Saturday and Sunday Group meets at Pentland View Carpark, Currie, at 8.45am for 9am start.

Contact E Scroggie on 0131 441 1666.

BOOK GROUP Currie Library - First Wednesday of each month at 7.00pm.

BEGINNERS YOGA CLASSES No experience needed (18+) - £6 per class Tuesday 8pm at Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road, Currie.

Wednesday 7.45pm at Forth View Crescent Scout Hall, Currie.

Monday 6pm at St Margaret’s Hall, Juniper Green.

Monday 8.30pm at Balerno Scout Hall, Balerno.

Any questions please contact Monica, email: karmayoga@ btinternet.com Tel: 07986 600432 CORNER CAFE BOOK CLUB At the Corner Cafe, 120 Lanark Road West, Currie. Meet 27th of every month at 7.45. Informal friendly group, all welcome, we read a mixture of classics and popular books. £3 per session.

MACULAR SOCIETY, PENTLAND GROUP Group for visually impaired people, 2nd Friday of every month in Currie Library at 2pm. Audio Book Group meets 1st Monday of every month in Currie Library at 2.15 pm. I-Pad tuition group for visually impaired people all other Mondays in Currie Library at 2.15pm.

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MESSY CHURCH Second and last Fridays of the month from 2-4.30pm in the Gibson Craig Halls. We will meet from the second Friday in September until the second Friday in December then from the second Friday in January until the second Friday in June. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult who stays with them. For further information, contact Louise on 466 3472 or Easter on 449 4719

JUNIPER GREEN JUNIPER GREEN TENNIS CLUB This small, friendly LTA affiliated tennis club in the heart of Juniper Green is open to all. There’s an extensive junior coaching programme and sessions for adults on Fridays throughout the season. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook. com/junipergreentennisclub/ or for membership details etc see www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/ JuniperGreenTennisClub JUNIPER GREEN NURSERY PLAYGROUP Juniper Green Community Centre (Village Hall) 1 Juniper Park Road EH14 5DX. Contact 07948 554889 or see website atwww. junipergreenplaygroup.vpweb.co.uk JUNIPER GREEN BOARDGAMERS We meet 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, 6pm-9pm in Juniper Green Parish Church Hall C - We currently ask for £1.00 per person to cover the cost of the hall (£2.00 non-members - First visit FREE!). Everyone welcome, suitable for kids over 10y/o. Children must be with an adult, and the adult must stay and play too. For more information and dates for this month, please contact Eric (eric@ericonline. co.uk) or find us on Facebook using “Juniper Green Board-Gamers”.

31ST PENTLAND SCOUTS (JUNIPER GREEN) 45 Lanark Road West, Currie Beavers - Wed 6.30pm. Cubs - Mon 7.00pm. Cubs - Tues 6.30pm.

Scouts - Fri 7.00pm Contact - Hamish Leal on 0131 449 3288.

JUNIPER GREEN SWI Juniper Green Community Centre (Village Hall) 1 Juniper Park Road EH14 5DX. Contact 0131 539 9886.

PENTLAND BRIDGE CLUB The club meets at 7pm on Thursday evenings throughout the year to play duplicate bridge at St Margaret’s Court, Juniper Green. Prospective new members are welcome to come along to see if it suits them.

If interested, please contact Ken Brown 0131 449 5314 email mthkjb@gmail.com.

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RATHO LUNCH CLUB FOR OLDER PEOPLE Third Thursday of each month at Ratho Community Centre.

Run by Queensferry Care through the support of Tesco Bags of Help, The Almond Neighbourhood Partnership and RCCC. Starting at 12noon, for more info and to register interest please call 0131 331 5570.

RATHO SWI Meet in Ratho Community Centre on second Wednesday of each month (except July & August) from 7pm to 9pm. New members and visitors welcome. Contact 0131 333 4862 for information.

RATHO SCOUTS, CUBS & BEAVERS Ratho Community Centre. Beavers: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm (age 6-8). Cubs: Fridays 7pm - 8.30pm (age 8-10.5). Scouts: 7pm - 8.45pm. (age 10.5 -14) RATHO RAVERS Ratho Community Centre. Thurs 10am12pm. Exercising body and mind for the over fifties. £3 per class. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055.

PARENT & TODDLERS GROUP Community Centre Tues and Thurs 10am-12noon. Under 3s. Members 50p, non members £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055.

ART CLUB Ratho Community Centre Tues 7-9pm. Adult Multimedia Club. Members 50p, non members £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055.

50 PLUS GROUP Varied programme of activities/outings.

New members welcome – meet fortnightly at Ratho Community Centre. Members 50p, nonmembers £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055 SCOUTS All meet at the Community Centre, meeting times are as follows: Beavers: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm (age 6-8), Cubs: Fridays 7pm - 8.30pm (age 8-10.5), Scouts: 7pm - 8.45pm. (age 10.5-14) TO INCLUDE YOUR CLUB OR CLASS, PLEASE EMAIL DETAILS TO EDITOR@ KONECT.SCOT CHARITY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS ARE FREE. THERE IS A SMALL CHARGE FOR OTHER LISTINGS. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.KONECT.SCOT

SOLUTIONS

SOLUTION TO JUNE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 7. Govern, 8. Tailor, 9. Data, 10. Launched, 11. Easiest, 13. Empty, 15. Stunt, 16. Defence, 18. Emphasis, 19. Else, 21. Stupid, 22. Nickel.

DOWN: 1. Sofa, 2. Relationships, 3. Analyse, 4. Stout, 5. Circumference, 6. Domestic, 12. Attempts, 14. Teasing, 17. Aside, 20. Stem.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

ACCOMODATION MEMBER OF SCOTTISH ESTATE AGENT Just B Retreats 45 Blair Cadell Solicitors 35 PARLIAMENT Remax Property 37 Gordon Macdonald MSP 45 APPLIANCE REPAIRS Appliances of Edinburgh 30 EXTERIOR CLEANING MORTGAGE SERVICES Cleaning & Maintenance 12 Malleny Mortgage Solutions 35 BARBER Forty Two 17 FENCING, RAILINGS, GATES OPTICIAN John Gillan Fencing and BATHROOMS & KITCHENS Clearvue Opticians 20 Landscaping 15 Ian Merriman 29 PAINTING & DECORATING S & D Fences 10 Paragon Bathroom Solutions 2 Alistair McLellan 29 Splash Bathrooms 14 FINANCIAL ADVICE Brush Strokes 24 BEAUTICIAN Personal Money Management 34 Gerry Aitken 14 Beauty Therapy by Rhona 19 Ken Dunton 30 FIREPLACES / WOODBURNERS Electrolysis by Pamela 19 Lane Decor 32 Fireplaces, Stoves and Flues 6 Goodbye Hair 19 Lewis Arthur Decorating FLORIST Juniper Beauty Room 18 Services 31 Juniper Flowers 4 The Secret Beauty Garden 19 Mark Reece Painter & Vicky’s Flowers 5 BLACKSMITH Decorator 24 D & I Blacksmiths 12 FUNERAL DIRECTOR PERSONAL TRAINER Mark Porteous Funeral

BOILER SERVICES KM Fitness 16 Directors 52 The Gas Engineer 5 PET SITTING / BOARDING GARAGE DOORS BUSINESS PREMISES Claylands Cottage Cattery 41 Max’s Garage Doors 6 Gilchrist Property 5 PLASTERING GARDEN DESIGN / MAINTENANCE CAR SALES Alexander Aitken Plastering 6 CS Gardening 15 Juniper Green Garage 6 Evergreen Balerno 12 PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES CAR SERVICING, MOT & REPAIR John Gillan Fencing and Bill Reid & Son 24 Balerno Garage 7 Landscaping 15 D & G Autocare 7 Currievale Plumbing & Ladybug Lady Gardener 11 Ratho Auto Services 6 Drainage 30 Premier Soft Landscapes 12 Jim Gladstone 4 CARPET & FLOORING SALES GARDEN FURNITURE AND McLellan Plumbing 28 Pentland Carpets 40 BUILDINGS Owen Gibb Plumbing & Heating 24 CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Champfleurie Estate 13 Shandon Plumbing 30 Aquatec 14 Weir Plumbing Heating GLAZING REPAIRS Cleaning Doctor 37 and Gas Services 24 CR Smith 27 CW Services 37 DGR Double Glazing Repairs 32 James Burnett Carpet Cleaning 4 RESTAURANT / TAKEAWAY Al Borgo Ristorante 43 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES GOLF CLUB Carlyles Bar & Kitchen 43 Hartbeeps 4 Baberton Golf Club 39 Pentland Fry 43 CHIROPODY / PODIATRY / FOOTCARE GYM / HEALTH CLUB Pentland Footcare 16 ROOFING Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Dell Roofing 29 Club 22 CLEANING: HOUSE / OFFICE Edinburgh Roofing Services 26 Fiona’s House Cleaning 36 HAIR SALON Fairmile Roofing 28 Hair by Brown & Co. 16 COMPUTER / PHONE REPAIRS John Brazil 4 Hair Tech 19 Simply Fix It 51 Tony Harper’s Hair Studio 23 Worx24 36 TAXI & PRIVATE HIRE Capital Cars 39 HANDYMAN CURTAINS & BLINDS Blind Design 14 We Can Do It 36 TREE CARE SERVICES Harvey Bruce 40 Delisle Tree Solutions 10 IRONING / LAUNDRY SERVICES Maxwell Tree Care 15 DENTIST Iron Aid 37 Artis Dental and Implant Studio 23 VENUE JOINERY No 9 Practice 18 Just B Retreats 45 Adriatik Sula 14 DRAINAGE SERVICES George Hardie & Son 5 VET & ANIMAL WELLBEING Currievale Drainage Services 6 GK Wilson Joiner 5 Pentland Veterinary Clinic 41 R McNeill Joiner & Glazier 24 DRIVEWAYS AND PAVING Window & Gutter Cleaning Alpine Paving 11 LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES WINDOW & GUTTER CLEANING Beatson’s Building Supplies 11 ELECTRICIAN Tag Cleaning Services 10 A Robertson Electrical LAWNS Contractor 28 Green Thumb Lawn Service 10 A&A Electrical Solutions 6 LOCKSMITH D Sykes Electrical 31 1st Call Locksmiths 24 MT Electrical 24 CVC Locksmiths and Security 28 Spark Electrical Solutions 32

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